CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Work like a beaver

6 Singe

10 “Daniel Boone” co-star Ed

14 Thrill to no end 15 Sign of saintliness 16 Beachcomber’s hazard

17 “The National” host who retired in 2017

20 Make up one’s mind

21 Tibetan pooch: Lhasa ___ 22 Natural weaving material 23 London’s Globe, for one 26 Scroogian outburst

27 Final actual cost 33 “The ones I’m pointing at!” 36 Public images 37 Paddle’s cousin 38 Citric and acetic 40 Double helix material

41 Knight or bishop 44 Affair3e de coeur 46 London area in need of a detangling? 49 “Wicked!” 50 Cream-filled pastries

54 Nisei’s parent 57 Mediaeval bludgeon 59 Ms Scarlet, Prof. Plum, ___ Mustard 60 Ambushed 64 Discharge, in a way

65 Sheik, usually 66 Like shower stalls, often 67 ___ wear department 68 Hemingway’s nick 69 Bottomless pit

DOWN 1 Whistle stop site 2 Beth’s preceder 3 Dull photo finish 4 Cousin to a Hopi 5 RPM portion 6 Sistine, for one 7 Geiger of counter fame 8 “And before I forget...”

9 Pilfer

10 Sneezer’s sound 11 Noon in Paris 12 Beat by a hair 13 Visionary fellow 18 Crumbly soil 19 Wanders here and there

24 Junk mail, usually

25 Turning point for Pavlova?

26 Prevents 28 Mimicry 29 Alarming colour

30 Take apart

31 Orkan word of farewell

32 Title for Basil III’s son

33 Tick’s partner 34 Otto who split the uranium atom

35 Twistable cookie 38 Surrounded by 39 Hand out the walking papers 42 City thoroughfares 43 Treatment for a new fence

44 Not just some 45 NS prov. rep. 47 Queen of Troy 48 One who often finishes off cakes 51 Without warmth

52 Mom’s Day gift, maybe

53 Bobs in the Olympics

54 “Big ticket” thing 55 Unvarying

56 You’re covered in it

57 Vidal’s Breckinridge 58 Tout de suite 61 Protestant denom.

62 “Class action” sch. gp.

63 Josh